Elections in Mali - Definition and Overview

Elections in Mali gives information on election and election results in Mali. An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.

See election for a more comprehensive discussion and the List of democracy and elections-related topics for an overview on related topics.

Mali elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 160 members, elected for a five year term, 147 members elected in single-seat constituencies and 13 members elected by the Malinese abroad. Mali has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Last elections

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Past elections

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See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Electionworld (http://www.electionworld.org/mali.htm)
• Adam Carr's Election Archive (http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/m/mali/)
• African Elections Database: Elections in Mali (http://africanelections.tripod.com/ml.html)